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Budget Boom: Good but Cheaper, Good but Cheaper

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Southeast Asia is all about ‘best cost’–the best quality for the best price, where best does not equal cheapest or high-end but more likely cheaper and higher-end. Southeast Asian budget airline trailblazer AirAsia was followed by a series of other highly successful regional budget carriers, including Singapore’s Tiger Airways and our very own Cebu Pacific […]

Aren’t we all “SEC of it all”?
(The Media and Government are at it again!)

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

You’ve got to read it for yourself.
Just a brief teaser: Conspiracy theory, the SEC attempts to sabotage Phoenix Petroleum’s recent IPO through leaking potentially damaging information to the media but fails.
Link: Inquirer’s Conrado R. Banal III in “SEC of it all”

Marketing-driven Development

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

We’ve all heard about marketing-driven growth. It’s near become a cliche in business schools and the circles to which their graduates soon enter.  But taking the concept a little further, applying the strengths of marketing (whether you consider the set of concepts, principles and frameworks that constitute it a science or an art) to the […]

The Happy Planet Index

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Ever wondered what the world would be like if happiness, not money, was the key driver of global affairs? Ever thought that it would be better if countries were ranked via a happiness index instead of a wealth index? Well, take a look see at The New Economics Foundation’s Happy Planet Index website for rankings […]

Cebuano Pride: Just or Bigoted?

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Cebuanos have been long known for their deeply rooted aversion toward the Tagalog-speaking population of the Philippines. According to many of them, Cebuano (or what most of the country would rather refer to as Visayan, being the language most widely spoken in the Visayas and a good part of Mindanao) should have been made the […]

Role-Playing Madness

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Picture this: a college student cuts class and ends up at a cybercafe with other MMORPG fanatics on an all-day fixed fee PC rental promo. This guy, disciplined as he is, cut down on all *non-essential* expenses just to be able to finance game time. He also stays up till late at night and wakes […]

Discovering the Magic/Uncovering the Magic

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

I’ve always been so enthralled even by the mere thought of being in a five-star hotel (slash resort). I’ve also always thought highly of working as a news reporter (and maybe as a novelist too, on the side). But just this week I’ve come to realize how there exists such a thin line between ‘discovering’ […]

Snippet of Unacknowledged Wisdom

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

‘Dream as if you’ll live forever; live as if you’ll die today.‘ - Bob Dylan (I’m guessing)

Apple’s iPhone: Buzz gone Bust?

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Some juicy news and reviews on Apple’s iPhone (words from the naysayers and the praisemongers):
CNNMoney: One buyer’s tale of woe
C|Net: “As an iPod, it shines” but…
PCMag: “The best portable media player ever” but…
WSJ’s Walt Mossberg: the iPhone “a Breakthrough Hand-held Computer”
New York Times: iPhone matches *most of its* hype
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